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Noun: shakeout  'sheyk,awt
  1. An economic condition that results in the elimination of marginally financed participants in an industry
    "they glutted the market in order to cause a shakeout of their competitors"

Derived forms: shakeouts

Type of: economic condition

Encyclopedia: Shakeout

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